A SNAPPER UP OF UNCONSIDERED TRIFLES.
There are some people who make economy a... passion. This was the case a few days ago witli- ! a woman, who would be highly indignant if /any C,v one wei'o to venture even to hint that.slie is. ' not a lady. She was a passenger in the MoqfcTfcS; Eden 'bus, when another fare entered, urid,'in . ;> getting out, being near the door, handed .the •' lady a sixpence to pass to the driver. Instead of / doing so, however, that extremely wide-tiwiike ? : person, with the sleight of hand of a conjuror,:?'■'-;-pocketed the sixpence and gave the other ladytwo '.; tickets, thus making twopence by the transaction; ~'lc She is evidently one of those who would say with -K Dr Young:— . : --\ ;•'■•■ I^-S'''^ ' Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;" l -I "'. ''. v> j,. Small sands the mountain, moments make the year/*' ~^-\"' r_ — <8 — ■ — ■• >'.•'-•;;'-"' ,'- : ' V ■•;■"-•
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Observer, Volume 6, Issue 142, 2 June 1883, Page 162
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145A SNAPPER UP OF UNCONSIDERED TRIFLES. Observer, Volume 6, Issue 142, 2 June 1883, Page 162
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